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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Sir Pent Ordered by Verse |
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261 | is suicide a forgivable sin | Ex 20:13 | Sir Pent | 128624 | ||
Referral to another thread.......................................... Hello forever wondering, This question has been asked before. Please type in the number 117275 in the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. This will take you to a previous discussion on the subject. After reading that, please share any other ideas or questions that you would like to add to the discussion. |
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262 | Has EdB hit to close to home? | Ex 20:15 | Sir Pent | 15367 | ||
It is interesting to me that when so many other threads get so much response, that this thread seemed to just drop into oblivion. Many threads are on issues which are very theoretical and abstract. On the other hand, this question is very practical, and has the potential to impact our lives on a daily basis. Perhaps so few people want to respond because it hits to close to home? | ||||||
263 | More comments? | Ex 20:15 | Sir Pent | 15383 | ||
Since this was asked twice, by accident, I'm just moving it off the unaswered questions. | ||||||
264 | More comments? | Ex 20:15 | Sir Pent | 15401 | ||
Could it not depend on what your job was. For instance, what if a person was in sales, and was paid on commission? In that case, they would not be paid for their time, but only for their accomplishments. Therefore, spending time on the forum during "job-time" would be different for them than an hourly employee at a factory for instance. Or what about a technical service person at a printer company. They are paid to be available to answer questions that customers have about their printers. If they spent time on the forum in between calls, yet always did their best while actually talking to the customers, is that wrong? I do not have either of these jobs myself, but I wanted to throw out some other possibilities to think about. |
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265 | do piercing | Ex 21:6 | Sir Pent | 113036 | ||
You're saying the same thing........................... Hello EdB and Sang, You are both seem to be saying the same thing here, and I would hope that you could realize that and end this thread. You both believe that getting a tattoo or piercing is not a sin, in and of itself. You both believe that we should not reject any person based solely on exterior appearances. You both believe that people could get piercings or tattoos for reasons that are contrary to God's will. You both believe that we should encourage people to allign their motivations with God's heart. It seems that the only disagreement is that Sang thinks it is possible to get a tattoo or piercing for a good reason, and EdB thinks that there are no good reasons to do either of those things. I think that you've both made your points, which are both good. Can we leave it at that? |
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266 | do piercing | Ex 21:6 | Sir Pent | 113081 | ||
Personal Note.................................... Hello EdB, Just thought I'd say that it's good to see another old friend here on the forum and share a thread together. As for fun, you should come by my house sometime on a Friday night and join us for game night :) |
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267 | do piercing | Ex 21:6 | Sir Pent | 113169 | ||
Personal Note.................................... EdB (and everyone else), It is good to be back. As for myself and my family, we are very blessed, and thankful for it :) |
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268 | list common traits of Moses,Joshua,Jesus | Ex 32:12 | Sir Pent | 16781 | ||
kalos, You and I have had some strong disagreements in some other threads. I just wanted to say that your last post was terriffic. It was a direct answer to the question, using a great Biblical passage. Keep up the good work :) |
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269 | explain Leviticus chapter 1 | Lev 1:3 | Sir Pent | 117163 | ||
My answer............................................................ Welcome to the forum Phillips, In the Old Testament, the people of Israel would sacrifice animals to God. The first chapter of Leviticus is simply instructions on how to do some of those ceremonies. In the New Testament and today, we no longer sacrifice animals, because Jesus allowed Himself to be our sacrifice, once for all time. Because of Jesus sacrifice, we can all be made acceptable to the Lord and have a good relationship with Him. |
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270 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 19820 | ||
An admonition.................................... Dear Bill Mc, I was dissapointed by this post that you wrote. You have had many distinguished posts that I have read. Sometimes we agree, sometimes not, but you are usually respectful in what you write. However, in this post, I observe nothing but sarcasm. There is no answer given to the question, but instead just insults and condesention. I do not think that Steve was trying to disprove the New Testament. It seems like his motives were to find an explanation for an APPEARANT contradiction so that others would not be led astray by it. I think that is a great goal, and would hope that you would also see the value in it. I also hope that upon reflection on this post of yours that you would be able to see that it was unnecessarily negative, and find it in your heart to apologize. |
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271 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 19836 | ||
Continued admonition ........................... Dear Bill Mc, I understand your frustration due to this disagreement that you have with Steve regarding the continued authority of the Old Testament now that we are under the New Covenant. However, I think that you are missing the forrest for the trees in this particular case. I would like to share an example using myself. I disagree with Steve on his extremely strict definition of the word "worship". For instance, I don't think that he would classify singing praise songs to God as worship. Now let's assume that Steve posts a note on the verse where Moses falls prostrate before God at the burning bush in worship (this would I think fit Steve's definition). I could do one of two things. I could focus on the "tree" and post a response attacking his note and pointing out all the other kinds of ways to worship God. Or I could see the "forrest" and realize that there will probably be someone someday who will read that note about the burning bush and will be helped by it. This person may never even read any of Steve's other posts about worship, and that isn't the point of the burning bush thread anyway. Also if the person did read the other worship posts, they would also see my posts there giving the other side. In any case, it is not helpful at all to confuse things by being negative and not staying on topic. Now that of course is a hypothetical situation, but I hope that you can see that you have done the same thing. Steve just asked a question here about two specific verses that appeared to contradict each other. Yet instead of being helpful and answering the question, you were extremely sarcastic and went off topic to an issue that has been dealt with elsewhere. I hope that you will be able to see more of the "forrest" in the future. There are people who will read these notes that we will never know about. For their sake, let us show our Christianity by our love for each other. Let us always strive to be respectful in our posts. I have suggested several guidelines for respectful posting in another thread (Lockman Forum Improvements #2). You did not respond to that, and I would appreciate your input there. I do value your participation here in the forum, and consider you to be one of the leaders here. With great leadership comes great responsibility. |
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272 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 19837 | ||
Clarification .................................... Dear Bill Mc, It seems that you might have misunderstood my previous post. I am sorry for not being clear enough. I am NOT defending Judaism for the sake of "keeping the peace". In fact, I am not defending Steve's view on the Old Testament at all. I am purely focusing on the nature of your response to the original post. It seemed to me to be very negative, sarcastic, and off-topic. I feel that it is an inappropriate way to respond whether we disagree with a person or not. I would also say that whether your post was meant to convey "self-righteousness" or "saddness" is beside the point that it was potentially hurtful. So to clarify, I am not defending Steve's position, I am asking you to reflect on whether Jesus would be pleased with your response to it. |
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273 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 19969 | ||
This is off topic .............................. Dear Tim, Steve, and Joe, I am deeply interested in the possiblility of a third view that somehow is a compromise between Calvinism and Arminianism. This would be a tremendous thread. However, it is not the topic of this thread. I would encourage one of you to start a seperate thread to discuss this idea. |
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274 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 19973 | ||
Resolution ...................................... Dear Bill Mc, Thank you for being willing to "look for the forrest". As for not being a leader, the dictionary defines it simply as being a guide. There are a lot of other definitions as well, but none of them include fluency in Greek, or any of the other things that you mentioned. I do not intend to insult our distinguished forum members who have this knowledge. I appreciate the insight that they are able to share as a result of this this skill. For example, Tim Moran's "Word Study" post in this thread was excellent and very helpful. I also consider Tim to be a leader on this Forum. My point is just that these things are not required to be a leader, and that all of us (even those like me, that don't know Hebrew, etc.) need to be more responsible with our posts. |
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275 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 19981 | ||
Personal Note ................................... Thanks guys. I'm looking forward to that thread, I think it could be really interesting. As for tickets, I don't have any to give. However, if you have any to a UK basketball game, and wanted to part with them for some reason ... :) |
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276 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 19990 | ||
Personal Note ................................ Dear Tim, Upon hearing that you're an IU fan, I have only two things to say. The first is that God is merciful, and if you repent he will gladly forgive you :) The second is that have you ever noticed that in paintings, Jesus is always wearing a blue and white outfit, and Satan is always wearing red. Just a coincidence, hmmmm ... |
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277 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 20094 | ||
This is also off topic ......................... Dear Bill Mc, Tim, and Reformer Joe, I'm not sure that there is anyway to bring consensus amoung you three Forum leaders on this issue. Reformer Joe is our resident expert defender of Calvinism. Tim is our resident expert defender of Arminianism. And Bill Mc is our resident expert defender of not claiming any labels whatsoever. However, I have appreciated posts from all three of you relating to this discussion in the past. I would recommend that a new thread be started to deal with the issues brought up by the website Bill Mc referred to. I think the overall point was that debating the issue of Calvinism/Arminianism divides the church where no division is needed. I think that this could make for an interesting new thread that could even cover some new ground on this subject (which hasn't been done for a while). For instance, if one gets past the initial disagreements on general issues, does it really lead to significant differences in application? Or do Tim and Reformer Joe have significantly different relationships with God as a result of their beliefs on this subject? If the answers are no, then possibly the guy on the website has a good point. If the answers are yes, then what are these significant differences? To sum up, this could be very interesting, but is not staying on the original topic of this thread, and so deserves it's own seperate one. |
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278 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 20107 | ||
Support ........................................ Dear Bill Mc, You said you do have the labels, "child of God, a son, a saint, a new creation, a citizen of heaven, an heir of God". I say, "Amen brother!" I support all of those and am glad that you claim them :) |
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279 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Sir Pent | 20201 | ||
Personal Note ................................... Dear Kalos and Hank, I did not suggest simply another thread on the C and A subject, which has been covered so much on this forum. Instead, I suggested a thread on a specific and limited part of that discussion, which has not been adequately talked about to my knowledge. I understand your frustrations with redundancy. In fact, as you both know, I am striving to diminish this and other problems that we consistently run into here. However, I do not find it helpful for you both to post messages that are purely sarcastic and mocking in tone and content. |
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280 | Justify Leviticus 20:13 | Lev 20:13 | Sir Pent | 60240 | ||
Warning, this thread does not appear to be a question of someone truly seeking to learn about the Bible. It seems to just be one persons attempt to stir up trouble and insult Christianity. | ||||||
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